< 1 Chronicles 13 >

1 [One day] David talked with all his army officers. Some of them were commanders of 100 soldiers and some were commanders of 1,000 soldiers.
Davut binbaşılara, yüzbaşılara ve subaylarına danıştı.
2 Then he summoned the other Israeli leaders and said to all of them, “If it seems to you to be a good thing for us to do, and if it is what Yahweh our God wants, let’s send a message to our fellow Israelis in all the areas of our country, including the priests and [other] descendants of Levi who are living among them in their towns and in the nearby pasturelands, to come and join us,
Sonra bütün İsrail topluluğuna şöyle seslendi: “Eğer onaylarsanız ve Tanrımız RAB'bin isteğiyse, İsrail ülkesinin her yanına yayılmış öbür soydaşlarımıza ve onlarla birlikte kendi kentlerinde ve otlaklarında yaşayan kâhinlerle Levililer'e haberciler gönderelim. Onlar da gelip bize katılsınlar.
3 because we want to bring the Sacred Chest of our God back to us. While Saul [was the king], we did not go to God’s presence to ask him what we should do.”
Tanrımız'ın Sandığı'nı geri getirelim. Çünkü Saul'un krallığı döneminde ona gereken önemi vermedik.”
4 All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
Topluluk bu öneriyi benimseyerek sandığı geri getirmeye karar verdi.
5 So David gathered all the Israeli people, from the Shihor [River] in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath [town in the north, and told them that he wanted them] to [help] bring the Sacred Chest of God [back to Jerusalem] from Kiriath-Jearim [city].
Davut Tanrı'nın Antlaşma Sandığı'nı Kiryat-Yearim'den geri getirmek için Mısır'daki Şihor Irmağı'ndan Levo-Hamat'a kadar bütün İsrailliler'i topladı.
6 David went with all the Israeli people to Baalah [town], which is [another name for] Kiriath-Jearim, to get the Sacred Chest. [The people believed that] God ruled from between the statues of winged creatures that was above the lid of the Sacred Chest [MTY].
Böylece Davut'la İsrailliler Keruvlar arasında taht kuran RAB Tanrı'nın adıyla anılan Tanrı'nın Antlaşma Sandığı'nı getirmek için Yahuda'daki Baala Kenti'ne –Kiryat-Yearim'e– gittiler.
7 The people put the Sacred Chest on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding [the oxen that were pulling the cart].
Tanrı'nın Sandığı'nı Avinadav'ın evinden alıp yeni bir arabaya koydular. Arabayı Uzza'yla Ahyo sürüyordu.
8 David and all the Israeli people were celebrating in God’s presence with all their strength. They were singing and [playing] lyres, harps, tambourines, and cymbals, and [blowing] trumpets.
Bu arada Davut'la bütün İsrail halkı da Tanrı'nın önünde lir, çenk, tef, zil ve borazanlar eşliğinde ezgiler okuyarak, var güçleriyle bu olayı kutluyorlardı.
9 But when David’s men came to the place where Kidon threshed grain, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out with his hand to prevent the Sacred Chest from falling off the cart.
Kidon'un harman yerine vardıklarında öküzler tökezledi. Bu nedenle Uzza elini uzatıp sandığı tuttu.
10 Yahweh immediately became very angry with Uzzah, and he caused Uzzah to suddenly die there because he had put his hand on the Sacred Chest, [and Yahweh had commanded that only the descendants of Levi who help the priests should touch the Sacred Chest].
RAB sandığa elini uzatan Uzza'ya öfkelenerek onu yere çaldı. Uzza orada, Tanrı'nın önünde öldü.
11 David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
Davut, RAB'bin Uzza'yı cezalandırmasına öfkelendi. O günden bu yana oraya Peres-Uzza denilir.
12 That day, David was afraid of God. He asked [himself], “(How can I bring God’s Sacred Chest to my [city]?/I am afraid to bring God’s Sacred Chest to my [city].)” [RHQ]
Davut o gün Tanrı'dan korkarak, “Tanrı'nın Sandığı'nı nasıl yanıma getirsem?” diye düşündü.
13 So the men with David did not take the Sacred Chest to Jerusalem. Instead, they took it to the house of Obed-Edom, who was from Gath [city].
Sandığı yanına, Davut Kenti'ne götüreceğine Gatlı Ovet-Edom'un evine götürdü.
14 The Sacred Chest stayed with Obed-Edom’s family in his house for three months. And [during that time] Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that he owned.
Tanrı'nın Sandığı Gatlı Ovet-Edom'un evinde üç ay kaldı. RAB Ovet-Edom'un ailesini ve ona ait her şeyi kutsadı.

< 1 Chronicles 13 >